Register.



No. 703,270. Patented lune 24, |902.

.6. F. HUTCHINS.

REGISTER.

(Applicatioled Mar. 26. 1902.) (No Model.)

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE F. HUTCHINS, OF VORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO `CROMPTONdv KNOVLES LOOM VORKS, OF W'ORCESTER, MASSACHU- SETTS, A CORPORATION OFMASSACHUSETTS.

REGiSTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,270, dated d' une24, 1902.

u Application filed March 26, 1902. Serial No. 100,034. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, GEORGE F. HUTci-iins, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Vorcester, in the county of Worcester and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRegisters, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to a register or a device for measuring andindicating the length of fabrics or materials as they are manufacturedon looms or other` machines or for indieating the number of revolutionsof a shaft or wheel, (te.

My register in measuring and indicating the length of fabrics, die.,woven on a loom is adapted to be attached to or connected with arollover which the fabric passes and automatically measure and indicate thenumber of yards of fabric made on the loom or other machine as the loomor the machine opcrates.

The object of myinvention is to provide an automatic register or deviceof simple and compact construction and in which the operative parts willall be assembled and concealed Within a case of small dimensions whichwill not be accessible to the operator; and my invention consists incertain novel features of construction of my register, as will behereinafter fully described.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a front view of a registerembodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is an edge view looking in thedirection of arrow a, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section online 3 3, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of arrow l), same figure; andFig. 4 is a vertical section on line 4 4, Fig. 2, looking in thedirection of arrow c, same Iigure. Y

In the accompanying drawings, l is Jthe case or shell of the register,preferably made of metal and of circular shape, as shown. On one edgeand in the lower part of the ease 1 are bearings l' for a driven shaft2, which may be geared to a roll over which the fabric passes before itis wound on the winding-up roll of a loom or other machine. Theproportions of the gearingfor the shaft 2 are pref erably such that theshaft 2 revolves once for every yard of fabric or material which passesover the roll geared to the shaft 2.

A thumb or 'fractional wheel 3 is lmounted on the end of the shaft 2,having in this instance its periphery graduated or divided into eightparts, each graduation or part representing one-eighth of a yard toallow of the reading of eighths of a yard.

Fast on the shaft 2 is a worm 4, which meshes with the teeth on twodisks or wheels 5 and 6 to rotate said wheels. The teeth 5'" and 6"' onthe disks or Wheels 5 and 6, respectively, are preferably formed on aninwardly-extending annular rim or ange 5"" and 6"", respectively, on theperiphery of the wheels 5 and 6. The teeth 5'" and 6"' extend in adirection parallel to the axis of rotation of the wheels 5 and 6 andoverlapping each other engage the side of the worm ,as shown in Figs. 3and 4. By this construction the parts of the register are more compactand the worin l is brought up within the case lin substantially the samehorizontal plane as the outer edges ofthe disks or wheels 5 and 6.

The hubs 5 and 6', respectively, of the two wheels 5 and 6 are looselymounted on astud 7, riveted or otherwise secured at its inner end in aboss l" within the case l. (See Fig. 3.) The outer wheel 5 has in thisinstance on its outer face one hundred graduations or marks 5", numberedfrom O7 to 95, and on its inner surface one hundred teeth 5"',corresponding to the number of graduations 5" on its face. The innerwheel 6 has in this instance on its outer face, which in this instanceis partially exposed through an opening 8 in the face of the wheel 5,(see Figs. l and 2,) ninety-nine graduations or marks 6", numbered fromO to 95," or one less than the wheel On the inner surface of the wheel 6are ninety-nine teeth 6"', correspondpoint to any desired graduation 5"on the wheel 5 and will remain in its adjusted position.

On the outer upper part of the case l there is in this instance a line11, forming a mark for reading the scale on the wheel 5. The scale onthe wheel 5 may also be read from the pointer 9.

The scale on the Wheel 6 is in this instance read from a mark or line 12below the zeromark on the scale on the wheel 5. (See Fig. l.)

The operation of my register is as follows: Supposing the zero-mark onthe scale on the wheel 5 to be in line with the line ll on the case 1and the pointer 9 to be also on said line 1l and the zero-mark on thescale on the wheel 6 to be on the line l2 below the zero-mark on theWheel 5, every revolution of the shaft 2 will through the worm 4: inengagement with the teeth on the wheels 5 and. 6 move the Wheel 5 onegraduation or one point on the scale on said wheel, indicating one yard.The wheel 6 will also be moved one graduation of its scale at eachrevolution of the shaft 2; but as there are only ninety-nine teeth onthe wheel G, while there are one hundred teeth on the wheel 5, therewill be a gradual gain of the wheel 5 on the Wheel G, so that when theshaft 2 has made one hundred revolutions the wheel 5 will have made onecomplete revolution with the zeromark opposite the mark ll on the casel, indicating one hundred yards. During this same time the wheel G willhave made one revolution and one graduation on its scale over onerevolution-that is, the graduation on its scale to the left of thezero-mark will be in line with the line l2 under the Zeromark on thescale on the wheel 5,which grad nation will then represent one hundredyards, and so on, each mark on the scale on the wheel 6 representing onehundred yards,

counting from the line l2 on the scale on the wheel 5 up to ninothousand nine hundred yards, while the scale on the wheel 5, countingfrom the line ll on the case l or from the pointer 9, represents yards,and one complete revolution one hundred yards, making a total of tenthousand yards. The graduations on the thumb-.wheel 3, as above stated,indicate eighths of a yard, or one-eighth of the revolution of the shaft2.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A register comprising in its construction, a case, two disks orwheels rotatably supported within said case and having overlapping andinwardly-turned peripheral flanges, said inwardly-turned iianges beingprovided with an unequal number of teeth, a driven shaft provided with aworm also supported within the case and to the rear of the disks orwheels, said worm being in engagement with the teeth on the overlappinginturned flanges of the disks or wheels.

2. A register7 comprising in its construction a case, a stud supportedwithin said case, two disks or wheels rotatably supported on said studwithin the case and each having an inwardly-turned flange, said flangesoverlapping each other, and provided with teeth par allel to the axes ofsaid disks or wheels, a driven shaft provided with a worm also supportedwithin said case in rear of the disks or wheels, said worm being inengagement with the teeth on the overlapping inturned flanges of thedisks or wheels, whereby the parts are compactly arranged and all withina single case.

GEORGE F. HUTCHINS.

Witnesses:

J. C. DEWEY, M. lTAAs.

